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	<!WA1><A HREF="#applyug">Undergraduate</A> | 
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<H3>Applying to an Undergraduate School</H3>


The <!WA5><A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/">university</A>
has 4 major undergraduate schools:
<!WA6><A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/college/">Columbia College</A>,
<!WA7><A HREF="http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/">Barnard College</A>,
the <!WA8><A HREF="http://www.seas.columbia.edu/">School of Engineering and Applied Science</A>,
and the <!WA9><A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gs/bulletin9596/">School
of General Studies</A>.
Each school has its own application procedure, however 
online information is centralized under the following webpage:
<!WA10><A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/apply.html">Applying to Columbia</A>. 
Most (but by no means all) of the CS majors are from the School of Engineering
and Applied Science, and so here is a link to their admissions webpage:
<!WA11><A HREF="http://www.seas.columbia.edu/columbia/admissions/undergrad/">SEAS Undergraduate Admissions</A>


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<H3>Applying to the M.S. Program</H3>

Application to the M.S. program is through the 
<!WA12><A HREF="http://www.seas.columbia.edu/">School of Engineering and 
Applied Science</A>. See 
<!WA13><A HREF="http://www.seas.columbia.edu/columbia/admissions/grad/">here</A>
for information about the application procedure.
You may obtain an application form by sending
<!WA14><A HREF="mailto:gradinfo@cs.columbia.edu">email</A>, or by calling the 
department at (212) 939-7000.


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<H3>Applying to the Professional Program</H3>

Note: This section has yet to be completed.
Please direct any questions about the professional program to the
departmental academic assistant,
<i><!WA15><A HREF="mailto:mel@cs.columbia.edu">Melbourne Francis</A></I>.

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<H3>Applying to the Ph.D. Program</H3>

The Ph.D. program has its own <!WA16><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/phd_prog/">webpage</A> which
contains the most important information concerning the
<!WA17><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/phd_prog/applying.html">application procedure</A>.
If you have any questions, please direct them to 
<I><!WA18><A HREF="mailto:gradinfo@cs.columbia.edu">gradinfo@cs.columbia.edu</A></I>.
An application form may be obtained by sending
<!WA19><A HREF="mailto:gradinfo@cs.columbia.edu">email</A>, or by calling the 
department at (212) 939-7000.

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Application to the Ph.D. is both very competitive, and research oriented.
You are strongly advised to spend effort finding out about the
<!WA20><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/research/">research</A> here at Columbia, and
in particular thinking about which 
<!WA21><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/people/people.html#faculty">faculty members</A> share your
<!WA22><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/research/research.html#resinter">research interests</A>.
The main sources of information are the Faculty Research Guide <!WA23><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/info/research-guide/html/main.html">(HTML)</A> <!WA24><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~simonb/phd_com/main.ps">(Postscript)</A>
and <!WA25><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/research/research.html#resgroup">research group homepages</A>.
You should also feel free to contact potential advisors, and request
information on their recent research and publications.

<P>For a full description of the Ph.D. requirements, you should consult the
<!WA26><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/phd_prog/phd-program-document.ps">Ph.D. Program Document</A>
(PostScript 148.8K). Other information about the Ph.D. program, such as
qualifier syllabi, may be found under the
<!WA27><A HREF="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/home/phd_prog/">Ph.D. program webpage</A>.

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